The coach conceded that the team is still "aquestion of how fast people come together," thatthe team is still "rebuilding" in positions, andthat "more work" needs to be done. That's alltrue. It's also true that no matter how eager theCrimson seems, the team is also anxious over itsweaknesses.
In spite of all that, the coaches and playersare visibly giddy about the cast of charactersthat are coming back. Restic, who's been aroundthe block 21 times, still has a mission:
"An undefeated season first. Undisputed Ivychampions next."
Sure, coach, we know dreams die hard aroundhere. But is this the year? "It's going to beexciting. That doesn't mean we're going to score100 points. But it's going to be exciting."
FOOTBALL
Coach: Joe Restic
Captain: Robb Hirsch
1991 Overall Record: 4-5-1
1991 Ivy Record: 4-2-1
1991 Ivy Finish: Third
FOOTBALL: '91 RESULTS9/21 Columbia 21-16 W 1-0-09/28 at Army 21-20 L 1-1-010/5 Holy Cross 28-13 L 1-2-010/12 at Fordham 14-7 L 1-3-010/19 at Cornell 22-17 L 1-4-010/26 Princeton 24-21 W 2-4-011/2 Dartmouth 31-31 T 2-4-111/9 at Brown 35-29 W 3-4-111/16 Pennsylvania 22-18 W 4-4-111/23 Yale 23-13 L 5-4-1
FOOTBALL: '92 SCHEDULE9/19 at Columbia 1:30 p.m.9/26 William & Mary 1 p.m.10/3 at Holy Cross 1 p.m.10/10 Cornell 1 p.m.10/17 at Lafayette 1:30 p.m.10/24 at Princeton 1 p.m.10/31 Dartmouth 1 p.m.11/7 Brown 1 p.m.11/14 at Pennsylvania 1 p.m.11/21 Yale 1 p.m.FOOTBALL: '91 STATISTICS
Team Statistics: HARVARD OPPONENTSPoints: 203 223First Downs: 195 163Passing Yards: 1405 1668Rushing Yards: 2258 1844Total Yards: 3663 3232Penalties-Yards: 68-538 60-580Int By/Yds Returned: 5-33 12-96Punt Returns-Yds/Avg: 29-199/6.9 31-273/8.8Kickoff Returns-Yds/Avg: 37-689/18.6 40-682/17.1Punts-Yards/Avg: 56-1961/35.0 69-2411/35.1Fumbles/Fumbles Lost: 21-11 13-4QB Sacks By/Yards: 13/134 33/1743rd Down Conv/Pct: 59 of 145/.407 52 of162/.320
Passing:Player GCpl/Att Pct. Yds TD Int.Mike Giardi 979/161 .490 1193 6 9David Morgan 10 16/34 .480 167 0 3Matt Johnson 10 1/5 .200 28 0 28Joel Lamb 1 2/6 .333 17 0 9
Receiving:Player G Rec Yds. Avg TD LgRobb Hirsch 10 32 438 13.7 3 47Colby Maher 10 25 328 13.1 1 47Andy Lombara 9 11 194 17.6 1 41Kendrick Joyce 10 11 131 11.9 0 28Matt Johnson 10 9 194 21.6 1 72Read Hubbard 10 3 47 15.7 0 23Mike Hill 10 2 18 9 0 18Mark Begert 5 1 16 16.0 0 16Chris Taylor 10 1 10 10.0 0 10
Interceptions:Player G No Yds. TD LgGreg Belsher 10 2 3 0 3Rob Santos 10 1 24 0 24Chris Pillsbury 10 1 6 0 6Sean Koscho 10 1 0 0 0
Punting:Player G No Yds Avg LgDavid Morgan 10 56 1961 35.0 51